Leach believed pellagra was "due to an intoxication from eating damaged maze, corn which has not matured, not been properly dried or meal which has not been kept dry after grinding." Leach adds that poverty, hard labor and high exposure to the sun...

This is the first report of epidemic pellagra in the United States. Unlike the reprinted version of this paper in JAMA, this one gives the discussion that followed Searcy's presentation to his MASA colleagues.

This paper discusses the groundbreaking work of Dr. Tom Spies who contributed significantly to the eradication of pellagra by proving the effectiveness of nicotinic acid as a treatment for the disease in his nutritional clinic at Hillman Hospital,...

Pruett addresses pellagra prevention and notes that the unresolved nature of its etiology makes confident assertions about the topic difficult. He believes that arsenic therapy may have some benefit, and refers to the Thompson-McFadden Commission,...

In this article, McCafferty gives an update on the pellagra cases at the Mt. Vernon Hospital since Searcy's 1907 article. Detailed incidence and mortality lists are provided. He describes the results of several experimental tests and postmortems...

This paper, read before the Southern Medical Association in 1908, gives an extensive overview of the current knowledge of pellagra up to that date. Discovered in epidemic proportions in the U. S. just two years prior, this article provided Southern...

Blosser explains the purpose of his paper as such: "In previous papers I have called attention to facts indicating that pellagra in the South is due to the consumption of either maize or sugar-cane products, or both. In the present paper I wish to...

This paper gives a detailed summary of treatment recommendations, advising the physician to "do everything possible to aid nutrition." Lengthy discussion follows. It includes, "Information for the Public About Pellagra." Mill village studies of...

Letter from Dr. N. P. Colwell, secretary of the American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education, to Dr. Edgar P. Hogan. This 6-page letter was signed by Colwell and sent on AMA CME letterhead on June 29, 1912.

Letter written to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees and signed on August 20, 1912 by five members of the Birmingham Medical College Board of Trustees. The 5-page letter is signed by trustees James Weatherly, Sydney J. Bowie, Hill...